Lotus 1-2-3 files

[windchicken]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

How does one open files with the ".123" extension produced by the spreadsheet application Lotus 1-2-3? The only help I can find online concerns the Lotus ".MK4" extension. That is not the type of file I'm trying to open. Thanks.

 

[CyberTaz]

Since Lotus (et al) abandoned the Mac platform many, many moons ago Mac
Excel no longer includes filters for opening Lotus files. Even Excel 2004 -
which lists Lotus 1-2-3 in the Open dialog - can't recognize newer Lotus
file types. You have at least 2 options... One general, one specific:

Find an application which can open the files (such as a PC with Excel for
Windows) to open the files & save them as .xls/.xlsx, or

invest in MacLink Plus from DataViz which can be used to convert the files
(among many other conversion capabilities).

http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac